Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/13-12
Notes:
As you walk along the entry sidewalk towards the Home Economics Building, you will see this tree on the left.
In general, maple leaves are easy to recognize because they are opposite on the twig and have palmate veins. Silver maple leaves have jagged margins with small teeth along the lobes. In the spring, silver maple is one of the first trees to bloom. Its winged fruits often have one seed of the pair much smaller than the other.
In the wild, silver maple trees are typically seen only in wet areas, such as lowlands along large rivers. However, it is a commonly planted street tree, so it is very likely to be encountered by city dwellers.
This tree is described on p. 84 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
In general, maple leaves are easy to recognize because they are opposite on the twig and have palmate veins. Silver maple leaves have jagged margins with small teeth along the lobes. In the spring, silver maple is one of the first trees to bloom. Its winged fruits often have one seed of the pair much smaller than the other.
In the wild, silver maple trees are typically seen only in wet areas, such as lowlands along large rivers. However, it is a commonly planted street tree, so it is very likely to be encountered by city dwellers.
This tree is described on p. 84 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 1-7.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Remarks:Described in the 1994 Trees of Vanderbilt p. 84. No longer extant in 2024.
Identifications:
Acer saccharinum
L.
sec. Gleason Cronquist 1991
common name: silver maple
family: Aceraceae
Identified 2002-06-11 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14318°, -86.79771°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2002-06-11
2002-09-11
2003-03-03
2003-03-22
2003-04-03
The following images document this particular organism.
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| Image | View |
 | whole tree (or vine) - general |
 | bark - of a large tree |
 | twig - orientation of petioles |
 | twig - winter overall |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - whole upper surface |
 | leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |
 | leaf - showing orientation on twig |
 | inflorescence - whole - unspecified |
 | inflorescence - lateral view of flower |
 | fruit - immature |
 | fruit - immature |
 | fruit - immature |